Tool for cutting buttonholes.



No. 756,803. PATBNTED APR. 5, 1904. C. L. ROGERS.

TOOL FOR CUTTING BUTTONHOLES.

APPLICATION FILED 1mm 22, mos.

N0 MODEL.

I p "ll $32M Inirlofi. 095M 1 J7, h mr UNITED STATES Patented April 5, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

CHRISTOPHER L. ROGERS, OF EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY

MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALF TO ARTHUR HILL, OF CLEVE- LAND, OHIO.

TOOL FOR CUTTING BUTTONHOLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,803, dated April 5, 1904.

Application filed June 22, 1903- To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRIs'rorHER L. ROGERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Cleveland,in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools for Cutting Buttonholes; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to a tool for cutting buttonholes; and the invention consists in a buttonhole-cutting tool having a pair of jaws and handles and certain cutting and adjusting parts whereby holes of different lengths and different distances from a given edge may be out, all substantially as shown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tool with-certain parts in section, and Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof or a View looking down on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front end elevation with the jaws closed as in cutting. Fig. 4 is a perspective view in detail of a cutter head and blade.

As viewed in Fig. 1 the tool has the general outline or form of a well-known style of punch; but it differs therefrom in essential particulars, as will be seen. The said tool comprises two members A and B, pivoted one upon the other at a and having each a jaw or jaw portion 2 and 3, respectively. A spring 5 performs the usual function of keeping the jaws normally open. The two jaws are equipped according to the work each is to do, and they work together, as usual. Thus jaw 2 carries a head 4, supported upon the inner face thereof by pivot pin, bolt, or screw 0 at its middle portion and extending through jaw 2. The said head is rotatable on its pivot end for end, and it is locked against rotation by snap spring 6. Upon the face of the said head I aflix the cutter blade or knife 5, which is secured in place by screws, and hence detachable, and this blade has a depth of, say, half an inch, more or less, and a length of an inch or more, and at one end has an eyelet (Z with a sharp cutting edge Serial No. 162,663. (No model.)

and matching corresponding openings through head I and jaw 2 when the said eyelet is on the inside, as in Fig. 1. The said eyelet adapts the blade toremove or cut out a portion of the cloth at the outer end of a buttonhole, so as to enlarge the hole at this point when desired and as is usually preferable in mens garments, as well as for other purposes. Spring 6 is secured at one end by pivot-bolt c and being bent at right angles engages in a recess 9. in the ends of head 4. This or any equivalent and convenient means may be employed for temporarily holding head 4.- in either position. The opposite jaw 3 is furnished with a smoothfaced cutter-block 7 having a dovetailed and lengthwise slidable engagement in jaw 3, and in its inner edge is provided with a series of holes adapted to be engaged by a pin 8, extending through said jaw from the outside and mounted on and controlled by a spring 9, which has a slot in which the head of the pin is engaged and affords room for theuspring to operate when the pin is disengaged. The edge of blade 5 comes down straight upon the face of block 7, and to prevent dulling the edge of the cutter the said block may be overlaid with any suitable material.

Now with this construction I can out holes of different lengths and with or without eyelets, as is obvious. Thus in Fig. 1 the dotted lines 00 and 3/ show the length of edge of cutter 5 that is effective in the present adjustment of the parts, and an eyelet will be made when the parts are used this way; but there would be none made and the buttonhole would have the same length if blade 5 were simply reversed end for end. In either case also the length of the buttonhole can be increased or shortened by adjusting block 7 in one direction or the other. Said parts may therefore be set to use for any desired length of time to forma hole or slit, with or without eyelet, of any desirable length, and the position of cutter 5 and head 7 can each be changed in a moment when needed; but it is also desirable to have a gage for fixing the relative depths or distance of the holes or slits from the edge of a garment, and the depths vary considercontrol the same.

ably according to the kind or make of garment. To this end I show a rotatable gagerplate It in Figs. 1 and 2, rotatably secured on pivot pin or stud h off its own center and provided with a succession of straight edges if, if, b and k at different distances from its pivot and adapted to bring any one of said edges into working position in respect to blade 5, according as greater or less space is wanted from the edge of the garment for the buttonhole. The edge h 'iS shown in service in Fig. 1. I also provide means to release and lock said plate, so that it may be rotated and set as desired, when it is fastened frictionally by a small cam K, having a lever to The said cam is mounted on the same pivot as plate it and is provided with a depressionin its outer side adapted to come opposite lug Z on the head of pivot h. The lever is turned upward at its free end to bring the said depression opposite said lug,

and then plate h is free to be rotated; but when the lever. is carried down, as in Fig. 1, the parts assume position as in Fig. 2 and the said plate h is locked. Any equivalent construction can be used for this purpose.

While this device has been described as especially adapted for cutting buttonholes', it is to be understood that its use is not'thus limited and that it may be employed in leather and other material and wherever in such materials a slit, slot, or the like is to be made.

What I claim is- 1. A tool consisting of a pair of pivotallyassociated members with jaws, one of said jaws having an eyelet through the same, and cutting mechanism on said jaws comprising a cutter-blade pivoted at its center and rotarily revelgsible on said pivot, said blade having an opening corresponding to said eyelet, and means to temporarily engage and hold said blade when reversed comprising a spring and notches engaged by said spring to lock said blade against rotation, substantially as described.

2. A cutter-blade for a buttonhole-tool having an eyelet at one end and a head on which said blade is secured provided with an opening corresponding to said eyelet, a pair of pivotally-connected members provided with jaws, and said cutter and head rotatably supported on one of said jaws, and a longitudinally-adjustable cutter-block on the other jaw, in combination with an adjustable gage mounted on one of said jaws, substantially as described.

3. Acutterblade for a buttonhole-tool having an eyelet at one end and a head on which said blade is rigidly fixed provided with an openingcorresponding to said eyelet, in combination with a pair of pivotally-connected members having jaws, and said cutter and head rotatably supported on one of said jaws and a longitudinally-adjustable cutter-block on the other jaw, substantially as described.

4:. The tool substantially as described, having a blade to cut a slit,for a buttonhole and a gage pivoted to rotate and provided with a plurality of edges of varying distance from the pivot thereof, said gage arranged to work opposite one edge of said blade, substantially as described.

5. The tool provided with a cutting-blade and a cutting-block and a gage adapted to operate in conjunction with said parts, said gage pivoted to rotate on the tool ofi? the pivot center thereof and having a series of straight edges different distances from its own pivot, substantially as described.

6. A tool for cutting buttonholes, compris-. ing a pair of jaw members and means thereon to cut a hole, an adjustable gage to fix the depth of the hole from the edge of a garment and means to fix said gage said means comprising a lever and pivot-head for the gage having a projection engaged by the lever, substantially as described.

Witness my hand to the foregoing specification this lOth day of June, 1903.

CHRISTOPHER L. ROGERS. Witnesses:

R. B. MOSER,

H. T. FISHER. 

